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that was election night where the obamas came out and the bidens, did, as well. but recognize, this is as days go, a pretty relaxing one for the president. of course, earlier today, he officially ended his first term but formally began his second with the official swearing in sceremony that took place earlir today. there are many obstacles on the plate of the president from guns to immigration to the still recovering economy. but generally, for the next 24 hours, it's an opportunity for the president to enjoy this moment again. to rally americans together. this is how he will conclude the first night of his second term. but it begins, again, early tomorrow morning. melissa, the president and his family will be crossing the street from where we are at the residence over to st. john's churng, the church of presidents, it's often called where they will attend services. then he heads over to the c capitol for what he was talking about a moment ago. remarkably, the number is expected to be 600 or 800,000. that's roughly a third of the nearly two million who were here
that was election night where the obamas came out and the bidens, did, as well. but recognize, this is as days go, a pretty relaxing one for the president. of course, earlier today, he officially ended his first term but formally began his second with the official swearing in sceremony that took place earlir today. there are many obstacles on the plate of the president from guns to immigration to the still recovering economy. but generally, for the next 24 hours, it's an opportunity for the...
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the midterm elections. but that does not mean barack obama is going to be a lame duck. he's going to be using executive power, going around the world, china, europe and being a global leader as well as an american leader. >> i've got to go. but jonathan, did we see a tougher president obama in his second inaugural address? >> oh, absolutely. we saw a tougher president obama in the inaugural which makes me look forward to the state of the union address to see if that toughness is actually even tougher. >> douglas brinkley, jonathan capehart, thank you both for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> ahead, biden might want to and hillary might, too. the 2016 heavyweights. that's next. stay with us. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs.
the midterm elections. but that does not mean barack obama is going to be a lame duck. he's going to be using executive power, going around the world, china, europe and being a global leader as well as an american leader. >> i've got to go. but jonathan, did we see a tougher president obama in his second inaugural address? >> oh, absolutely. we saw a tougher president obama in the inaugural which makes me look forward to the state of the union address to see if that toughness is...
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>> here is what i would say to that, yes, being re-elected, but most importantly, being re-elected by such a broad coalition of americans. african-americans, latinos, young voters, asian americans, white americans, southern. i mean, it is the broadest coalition twice now that has elected a president. i think that is an incredible accomplishme accomplishment, and, yes, re-electing the nation's first african-american president a tremendous accomplishment. >> do you agree with that? >> i agree. i think the coalition is extraordinary and the best political progress comes when you actually can work from strength rather than desperation, and we have a president who politically is very strong. it allows him to be magnanimous. >> well, i don't know if you noticed, but paul ryan was at the inauguration. he said he felt obliged to attend. i wonder if the president had a particular line for him in the speech. take a listen to this. >> the commitments we make to each other through medicare and medicaid and social security, these things do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us. they do not ma
>> here is what i would say to that, yes, being re-elected, but most importantly, being re-elected by such a broad coalition of americans. african-americans, latinos, young voters, asian americans, white americans, southern. i mean, it is the broadest coalition twice now that has elected a president. i think that is an incredible accomplishme accomplishment, and, yes, re-electing the nation's first african-american president a tremendous accomplishment. >> do you agree with that?...
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and the next election is absolutely crucial. the fact that thank goodness we've re-elected president obama. but that doesn't help us on a state level right now. >> well, i'm going to have to leave it there, but the fight continues. congresswoman jackie speier and diane derzis, thank you both for your time. diane, good look to you and your clinic. >> thank you for having me on. >> thank you again. >>> coming up, inside the obama/biden relationship. they are quite a team. >>> and the right wingers and science don't mix. we're going to do the "politicsnation" science lab. you don't want to miss this. ♪ ♪music plays this vacation... has been a year in the planning. and here you are.. standing... nay... staring down your dreams. the rest of your holiday hinges on the moment you walk through that door. the door opens.. ...you hold your breath... and then you realize... you got it right! you got it booking right. because it doesn't get any better than this. it doesn't get any booking better than this. look at the view. look at the
and the next election is absolutely crucial. the fact that thank goodness we've re-elected president obama. but that doesn't help us on a state level right now. >> well, i'm going to have to leave it there, but the fight continues. congresswoman jackie speier and diane derzis, thank you both for your time. diane, good look to you and your clinic. >> thank you for having me on. >> thank you again. >>> coming up, inside the obama/biden relationship. they are quite a...
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after election. their goal is to have a legislative dance and then blame republicans for killing reform some time in 2014. mr. obama will have to decide if he wants a legacy of reform or more partisanship." and i'm wondering, raul, is him getting involved, and the way in which he gets involved, very tricky for him? >> yes, it is tricky. but at the same time, he has to get involved. one of the things that latino voters, one of the key reasons they turned out in record numbers is that they wanted immigration reform, they wanted to see the president do something. and there has been some criticism of him in the path, particularly around health care, that he was somewhat aloof in the process. he didn't step in and lead. i think this time, he has taken a more forceful nmu!"t/&nuuuuuu. what his challenge is#82+suur]bk the big numbers come when you look at non-whites. 67% of back a path to citizenship. while just 46% of whites do. is one of the keys for the president, david, going to be what he's kind of doi
after election. their goal is to have a legislative dance and then blame republicans for killing reform some time in 2014. mr. obama will have to decide if he wants a legacy of reform or more partisanship." and i'm wondering, raul, is him getting involved, and the way in which he gets involved, very tricky for him? >> yes, it is tricky. but at the same time, he has to get involved. one of the things that latino voters, one of the key reasons they turned out in record numbers is that...
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in tuesday's israeli elections. he will get a third term as president but his power is diminished after his party lost about 11 seats. >>> also overseas this morning, british prime minister david cameron made a critical speech on the uk's rocky relationship with the eu. cameron proposed a bold referendum to allow british voters to decide whether or not to exit the alliance by 2016. >> there's no doubt we're more powerful than washington, delhi because we're a powerful player inside the union that matters for british jobs, and security. it matters to our ability to get things done in the world. it matters to the united states and other friends around the world, which is why many tell us clearly they want britain to remain in the european union. if we left the european union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. >>> let's take an early look at the markets. we'll get all up in your business this morning. steve sedgwick is live in london, which is still at this hour firmly part of the european union. >> and set t
in tuesday's israeli elections. he will get a third term as president but his power is diminished after his party lost about 11 seats. >>> also overseas this morning, british prime minister david cameron made a critical speech on the uk's rocky relationship with the eu. cameron proposed a bold referendum to allow british voters to decide whether or not to exit the alliance by 2016. >> there's no doubt we're more powerful than washington, delhi because we're a powerful player...
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what do you do in an election about very little, i don't want to say nothing, but an election not where the two-state solution or process is not discussed, settlements is not a huge part of the debate. that it's kind of like, well, netanyahu's going to win, we don't love it, but that's the reality. how do you pivot from that, and disagree with me if you think i'm misrepresenting what this election has been about, but what do you think? >> i think it's been a campaign about the economy. house prices are through the roof and the left is very upset about the fact that the extreme orthodox jews are basically excused from serving in the military and get enormous benefits, which they don't get, so there are tensions, religious secular tensions and economic tensions and it's been about that. and i think people don't think a two-state solution is achievable anymore. that's what i strongly disagree with. i also would suggest, once senator kerry gets confirmed for secretary of state, that he go to the region in the nearest possible time frame. he knows all the leaders there. he's known bibi netan
what do you do in an election about very little, i don't want to say nothing, but an election not where the two-state solution or process is not discussed, settlements is not a huge part of the debate. that it's kind of like, well, netanyahu's going to win, we don't love it, but that's the reality. how do you pivot from that, and disagree with me if you think i'm misrepresenting what this election has been about, but what do you think? >> i think it's been a campaign about the economy....
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i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is, we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would bring them to the conclusion that it was partisan. >> look, the republican party had a session down in virginia last week where they were talking about how they have to change, how they got to get their act together. they were told that by pollsters, by all sorts of messaging people. and so their partisanship is not of a standard that i think even they recognize as a wise one. they may whine about partisanship. >> the president echoed another second president's inaugural speech, and that was fdr in 1937. here it is. >> the test of our progress is not wh
i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is, we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would...
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it was a bitter sweet election for us. for the first time we had an african-american president four years ago. but in that same election in california, proposition 8 was passed. >> uh-huh. >> it was -- a very, very bitter defeat there. marriage equality was wiped out from california. but this may, that is going to be up before the united states supreme court together with the challenge to doma, the defense of marriage act. we have come an incredible distance in just four years. we are so near to getting marriage equality. and that is what this -- inaugural speech stated. >> let's listen to another passage that i know moved you also, president obama talking -- phrasing this in another way and putting it in another context. let's listen to that. >> we, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal is the star that guides us still. just as it guided our forebears through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. just as it guided all of those men and women, sung and unsung, who left f
it was a bitter sweet election for us. for the first time we had an african-american president four years ago. but in that same election in california, proposition 8 was passed. >> uh-huh. >> it was -- a very, very bitter defeat there. marriage equality was wiped out from california. but this may, that is going to be up before the united states supreme court together with the challenge to doma, the defense of marriage act. we have come an incredible distance in just four years. we...
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. >> congressman paul ryan today is spelling out what he learned from the election, he speak out as the vice presidential nominee saying moving forward the gop needs to lay out its vision with even more specifics and with a broader appeal. >>> meanwhile, the nation's capital today there was a powerful unprecedented show of public sentiment in gun control. the million mom march brought together thousands from all over the country including 100 people from newtown, connecticut. parents, pastors and gun violence survivors calling for action in the wake of the murders at sandy hook element y elementary. >> this time we, the people, will act. we're stepping up and this time we will not step back! >> and what it's counting on is for us to get the newtowns, for us to forget the virginia techs. >> the march comes one day after vice president joe biden held a roundtable talk about gun control in virginia. kristen welker is at the white house and joins me now. when can we expect the president thoims ta himself to take the gun control debate on the road? >> reporter: i think you can expect preside
. >> congressman paul ryan today is spelling out what he learned from the election, he speak out as the vice presidential nominee saying moving forward the gop needs to lay out its vision with even more specifics and with a broader appeal. >>> meanwhile, the nation's capital today there was a powerful unprecedented show of public sentiment in gun control. the million mom march brought together thousands from all over the country including 100 people from newtown, connecticut....
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an announcement could come wednesday on who would fill his senate seat until a special election on june 25th. meanwhile, hillary clinton will hold a town hall style forum at the state department taking questions in person and online. her last day will be friday. before she leaves, supporters launched a campaign to draft her to run for president. the group, ready for hillary filed a superpack. already has a facebook account as they ramp up a website over the next few weeks. don't expect an endorsement from president obama. former obama chief of staff says the president will stay neutral through the 2016 primaries. mitch mcconnell of kentucky, a republican leader in the senate may face a tough primary fight for re-election in 2014. tea party activists are looking to oust him with help from democrats. >>> members of the indiana legislature did their part for a good cause wearing suits and sneakers. itis an effort started by college basketball coaches to raise the level of awareness of cancer. >>> a pro-russian political party leader ducked during a press conference when an angry woman thre
an announcement could come wednesday on who would fill his senate seat until a special election on june 25th. meanwhile, hillary clinton will hold a town hall style forum at the state department taking questions in person and online. her last day will be friday. before she leaves, supporters launched a campaign to draft her to run for president. the group, ready for hillary filed a superpack. already has a facebook account as they ramp up a website over the next few weeks. don't expect an...
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i miss have a two-party choice in elections. and then from at dodger fan, is there something bigger than extreme because i'm not sure an extreme makeover is sufficient. yeah. keep those comments coming in on twitter and facebook. and have legible names here. our potpourri parties. it's a smell of a good time. this is the juniper! oh that is magical. [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you'll get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. you'll get a bowl of queso excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. the delightful discovery. the sweet re
i miss have a two-party choice in elections. and then from at dodger fan, is there something bigger than extreme because i'm not sure an extreme makeover is sufficient. yeah. keep those comments coming in on twitter and facebook. and have legible names here. our potpourri parties. it's a smell of a good time. this is the juniper! oh that is magical. [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you'll get a bowl of queso that makes even this...
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if you run afoul of those media power houses you risk being primariried in the election election. you can see gop, i would hardly call them moderates, but chambliss from georgia saying they are not going to run because they are looking at the writing on the wall and think they will be challenged next year by the right. i think the president is right in viewing the major media on the right as a significant obstacles. >> primaried as you say. let's listen to paul ryan. he was on "meet the press." >> i decided to not comment between the election and the inauguration because i wanted to see what kind of presidents we are looking at here, what kind of path and trajectory he was putting his administration on and all of the statements an comments lead me to think he is thinking more of a political conquest than political compromise. >> some already are trying to call this sore losers, same old type of whining. what did you make of everything you heard from congressman ryan? >> it is a combination of two things them president won re-election decisively but the republicans won here, too. t
if you run afoul of those media power houses you risk being primariried in the election election. you can see gop, i would hardly call them moderates, but chambliss from georgia saying they are not going to run because they are looking at the writing on the wall and think they will be challenged next year by the right. i think the president is right in viewing the major media on the right as a significant obstacles. >> primaried as you say. let's listen to paul ryan. he was on "meet...
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you lost a winnable election. we're not listening to you about anything. >> not like you see michael dukakis and a bunch of democrats. >> right. >> not like he's an adviser to the party. you lose, you get sent home. that's part of the punishment. >> and i think romney is actually fine going home knowing mitt romney. he's okay. >> the question is which home, i guess. robert costa, perry bacon, aisha moodie-mills, thanks to all of you and thanks even more for your insight. >> thanks to you as well. stay warm there. join us next week right here on msnbc, saturday, 2:00 eastern, for all the latest political news and analysis. sunday we'll be here at 3:00 right here. we'll be out in time for the super bowl, and don't forget to keep it here for the latest news updates throughout the evening and have yourselves a great sunday night and a fantastic week as well. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i starte
you lost a winnable election. we're not listening to you about anything. >> not like you see michael dukakis and a bunch of democrats. >> right. >> not like he's an adviser to the party. you lose, you get sent home. that's part of the punishment. >> and i think romney is actually fine going home knowing mitt romney. he's okay. >> the question is which home, i guess. robert costa, perry bacon, aisha moodie-mills, thanks to all of you and thanks even more for your...
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you look at 1992 when bill clinton was elected president. he won with a margin billion 700,000 among hispanic voters, and that was when it was 2% of the vote. in 2012 barack obama won. when president obama won re-election, 10% of the vote, and he won with over five million. somewhere in there republicans have to go and find over 4.5 million votes outside of the hispanic population just to keep up with democratic gains among that demographic. it's changing a lot of attitudes. understanding that there is -- that there are great challenges here. there are very, very deep opinions on both sides. making the case for what a moderate easternized immigration system looks like and how republican policies, how conservative principles can contribute to that. >> not to rehash too much, but just looking back, do the republican debates where everyone including mitt romney seemed to be running to the right and when rick perry and -- the access modified access in texas, he was vilified among his republican colleagues. was that a mistake? was that the moment
you look at 1992 when bill clinton was elected president. he won with a margin billion 700,000 among hispanic voters, and that was when it was 2% of the vote. in 2012 barack obama won. when president obama won re-election, 10% of the vote, and he won with over five million. somewhere in there republicans have to go and find over 4.5 million votes outside of the hispanic population just to keep up with democratic gains among that demographic. it's changing a lot of attitudes. understanding that...
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and we did get whipped in the presidential election. and that's not something that we take lightly. >> but so far, there is no consensus about how to fix them. republican national committee chairman, reince priebus, is expected to be re-elected today, after quietly making nice with ron paul supporters and heading off any challenge to his leadership. he'll call for a, quote, republican renewal, in a speech this afternoon. but the rnc committee drafting the plan for change is made up of party insiders, rather than anyone who's likely to break china. meanwhile, republican governors are griping privately and publicly that the gop in washington is doing nothing to help the republican brand, after being schooled by new jersey governor chris christie. washington republicans got a talking-to last night from louisiana governor, bobby jindal, who said the gop has to stop being a stupid party and talk like adults. >> today's conservatism is completely wrapped up in solving the hideous mess that is the federal budget. we have seemed to have an obse
and we did get whipped in the presidential election. and that's not something that we take lightly. >> but so far, there is no consensus about how to fix them. republican national committee chairman, reince priebus, is expected to be re-elected today, after quietly making nice with ron paul supporters and heading off any challenge to his leadership. he'll call for a, quote, republican renewal, in a speech this afternoon. but the rnc committee drafting the plan for change is made up of...
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why has this post-election monday morning quarterbacking, why has it lasted so long? >> i think it's because they lost. they lost in all levels, the president, the house, the senate and the federal level and the most popular game to play is kick the republican party to the point that even republicans, bobby jindal, newt gingrich and paul ryan allowed less of it. i think the problem republicans are grappling with right now and my colleague just reported on this today is the question of whether they need to change their messaging or change their policy, and what it sounds like is the decision will be to change the messaging. oftentimes when parties lose it's hard to say our values are long and our approaches are long and the way they're communicating them are wrong and that's what we're seeing for republicans and this is nothing new. every party they have a fundamental question and they always say it's about packaging and the environment changes and then they move up and the other guys move down. >> you mentioned messaging and policy, and what you did not mention was me
why has this post-election monday morning quarterbacking, why has it lasted so long? >> i think it's because they lost. they lost in all levels, the president, the house, the senate and the federal level and the most popular game to play is kick the republican party to the point that even republicans, bobby jindal, newt gingrich and paul ryan allowed less of it. i think the problem republicans are grappling with right now and my colleague just reported on this today is the question of...
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. >> did some commentators seem to you, angry, about the speech that the re-elected president chose to give? >> rational reason and all virtus. you know, let's face it. president obama won't say it up front but he is acknowledging there are red states and blue states and swing states and this is the reality of today. he is now in his legacy forming period. i thought it was a very roosevelt, fdresque speech. but he was, his language in terms of a collective response to our problems bringing people together. >> and the first -- >> it didn't strike -- >> he wanted that word in there. >> and the first inaugural where i heard a president talk about our gay brothers and sisters. an ideological speech like that should be debated and argued about on television. was it as divisive a speech as some on fox news made it sound? >> it is a pretty divisive speech and i think the president would say constructively so. the theme of his second term. in his first inaugural theme was i don't believe -- in this speech he's saying conflict is real. you want to fight, here is the fight. we're going to fight
. >> did some commentators seem to you, angry, about the speech that the re-elected president chose to give? >> rational reason and all virtus. you know, let's face it. president obama won't say it up front but he is acknowledging there are red states and blue states and swing states and this is the reality of today. he is now in his legacy forming period. i thought it was a very roosevelt, fdresque speech. but he was, his language in terms of a collective response to our problems...
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look at the last election. look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons. >> alice, for a variety of reasons it was not. mainly because of the anti-immigration rhetoric that was doled out by the standard bear. mitt romney all through 2012. can this reverse that course? >> oh, it sure can. we learned a lesson. i think this is a great first step. the framework for this plan being that it's a good consensus of republicans and democrats. it's a great start. i think victoria hit on it. senator rubio also hit on it. fairness is critical in this. the framers of this immigration plan say this is tough, but it's fair. that's important. those that have been going about obtaining citizenship through the legal means should be front of the line and those who have not should go to the back of the line. i think there's also an important emphasis on employer verification and border security. all these are good components to a fair system for legal immigration. >> the natio
look at the last election. look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons. >> alice, for a variety of reasons it was not. mainly because of the anti-immigration rhetoric that was doled out by the standard bear. mitt romney all through 2012. can this reverse that course? >> oh, it sure can. we learned a lesson. i think this is a great first step. the framework for this plan being that it's a good...
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insofar as it sounded like obama 1.0, the obama that was elected in 2008, who has since expanded the use of drones and extra judicial killings, who has had a very aggressive national security policy in place. i wondered what that meant, especially against the back drop of what is happening in the middle east, in syria, and algeria, and mali. what was your read on it? >> but has also, to be fair to president obama, ended the iraq war and begun the drive out of the afghanistan war. one of the really interesting things about the second term, we talked in the first segment about all of the issues of medicare and social security. anything there has to go through a republican house. >> right. >> creating obama's foreign policy does not, for the most part, and we can argue about congressional authority, but presidents have wide latitude on foreign policy, and his appointments on the foreign policy side in chuck hagel and to some lesser extent john kerry have been somewhat aggressive and particularly hagel, who is more so probably than any other serving politician, and sort of more than any
insofar as it sounded like obama 1.0, the obama that was elected in 2008, who has since expanded the use of drones and extra judicial killings, who has had a very aggressive national security policy in place. i wondered what that meant, especially against the back drop of what is happening in the middle east, in syria, and algeria, and mali. what was your read on it? >> but has also, to be fair to president obama, ended the iraq war and begun the drive out of the afghanistan war. one of...
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in this election, in 2008, unmarried women voted two to one for obama. in 2012, unmarried women, 221 for obama. mitt romney carried married women. the problem is, the trend is going in the opposite direction. the challenge for republicans is that unmarried women are a growth market. the are all over the age of 18. they are mostly eligible to vote. they do look at government as a safety net, not as a trampoline. a security. maybe subsistence for some. maybe a supplement for others. they also -- i think the obama people were worried about many women this time. what they did, not to unmarried women, but what they did to women overall is, they waged a phony war on women. it started a year ago. i remember hearing it super bowl weekend. they waged this war on women and they took a 45-year-old never married, childless woman who, makes a six-figure income. she alone is responsible to pay her monthly bills. she is scary to the obama reelection campaign. she is economically savvy. she is part of the ownership investors society. she is part of his upside down appro
in this election, in 2008, unmarried women voted two to one for obama. in 2012, unmarried women, 221 for obama. mitt romney carried married women. the problem is, the trend is going in the opposite direction. the challenge for republicans is that unmarried women are a growth market. the are all over the age of 18. they are mostly eligible to vote. they do look at government as a safety net, not as a trampoline. a security. maybe subsistence for some. maybe a supplement for others. they also --...
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and you're talking about elections four years from now. >>> it's nice to see you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this week, president obama puts immigration reform front and center on his agenda. on tuesday he will outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas, and even a bipartisan group of senators is on board to reform the system that impacts 11 million undocumented people in america. tracie potts has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. keep in mind we will see some action today, but this is far from final. we will see a four-page document that both democrats and republicans think will work. this afternoon a small group of democrats and republicans will announce they've come up with a recipe for immigration reform. >> to have an immigration law we can live with. >> border patrol, employer verificati verification, guest worker program, and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. >> americans support it in pole after pole. la ten knows want be it. fourth republicans need it. >> reporter: both sides need it. for president obama,
and you're talking about elections four years from now. >>> it's nice to see you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this week, president obama puts immigration reform front and center on his agenda. on tuesday he will outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas, and even a bipartisan group of senators is on board to reform the system that impacts 11 million undocumented people in america. tracie potts has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. keep in...
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we do not have a national election anymore. we did not have a national election for president this year. we had an election of about eight states. the obama people were smart enough to figure that out. republicans were not. they went into those eight states and mined data. they did it on facebook, twitter, in all these places. they killed us. they spent tens of millions of dollars -- chris christie's top aide went to him in june and said he had been looking at obama's records and that they were in trouble. millions and millions and millions of dollars finding people. it was the 2012 equivalent of what i did in 1994. i had no money, so i got the super republican list, and for a year, i went door-to-door and walked on doors of republicans that voted in primaries. i did not talk to anybody else for 18 months. my kids, my wife, a little bit, but outside of that -- but they focus on it. we have to get past the idea that i have and i know a lot of you guys probably have that you do not think it will be a lot like 1980. it is going to
we do not have a national election anymore. we did not have a national election for president this year. we had an election of about eight states. the obama people were smart enough to figure that out. republicans were not. they went into those eight states and mined data. they did it on facebook, twitter, in all these places. they killed us. they spent tens of millions of dollars -- chris christie's top aide went to him in june and said he had been looking at obama's records and that they were...
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president, you do what you were elected to do. that's why the president can say we're not going to negotiate with debt ceiling, and if the republicans insist on doing it, he is going to go to their constituents, the american people. i have never felt better. >> the president also said on monday, and i'm quoting him, we remember the lessons of our past when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. we do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky or happiness for the few. why on earth can't paul ryan, speaker boehner, and the rest of them agree with that statement? what is wrong with that encompassing the people of this country rather than dismissing so many people as takers? why can't they agree with those statements of the president? >> because they agree with the statements by mitt romney, that half of the country are takers, half of them are people that don't contribute to society, half of them don't deserve the benefits that they're entitled to, a
president, you do what you were elected to do. that's why the president can say we're not going to negotiate with debt ceiling, and if the republicans insist on doing it, he is going to go to their constituents, the american people. i have never felt better. >> the president also said on monday, and i'm quoting him, we remember the lessons of our past when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. we do not believe that in this...
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for example, in pennsylvania, go back to the 2008 election. barack obama carried this state by 11 points, almost a historic landslide. but senator mccain would have gotten 10 to president obama's 11 at the time. >> i think we all should be aware that states have the right to proportion their votes in any way they want. in nebraska, they already do this. it would be hard to be back -- i will tell you this. we're going to fight it tooth and nail in pennsylvania. thai treed they tried to do it before the last election and we beat it back because we scared the local republicans into thinking that there would be savage repercussions from voters around the state. and i think there would. if we're going do do this, play these games, than the popular vote district, that's a law which says that the states pass a law that they'll give their entire electoral votes to whoever wins. that movement is gaining steam. as soon as states with 271 electoral votes sign on, the popular vote controls who wins the election in america, as i believe it should. >> now,
for example, in pennsylvania, go back to the 2008 election. barack obama carried this state by 11 points, almost a historic landslide. but senator mccain would have gotten 10 to president obama's 11 at the time. >> i think we all should be aware that states have the right to proportion their votes in any way they want. in nebraska, they already do this. it would be hard to be back -- i will tell you this. we're going to fight it tooth and nail in pennsylvania. thai treed they tried to do...
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but it is not the same election. 2010 is almost purely ideological election. perhaps the most ideological since 1980. then you get to 2010, when you have a personality involved and you have a figure represents one side. romney is a good man. i like him. i think he is an honorable man, and i think he would have made an excellent president. but he was a bad candidate particularly in an election that could have been one had been an election about ideas and philosophy. i think it would have been easily won had been about ideas and philosophy. but he was not the math -- he was not the best man on our side to make that case. secondly, he decided not to make the case either way and to run on the set of the economy and on the issues. he basically ran ideologically for one hour in the first debate. and that was his finest hour. had he ran -- had he run his campaign that way, he would have won. but he cannot sustain or he could not trust it and then he subsided in the second and third debate and became very passive and decided he would stick to this hoping that the stat
but it is not the same election. 2010 is almost purely ideological election. perhaps the most ideological since 1980. then you get to 2010, when you have a personality involved and you have a figure represents one side. romney is a good man. i like him. i think he is an honorable man, and i think he would have made an excellent president. but he was a bad candidate particularly in an election that could have been one had been an election about ideas and philosophy. i think it would have been...
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is that a preview of the election or scare out of the election or what are they up to here? >> that's absolutely a preview of the election. and everybody plays a type here. we had a rehash of 2008 where the conservatives are looking for ability to cast clinton as the villain. as somebody who is angry, a woman unhinged. and i thought -- chris: aren't you surprised the poison is not out of that? >> no, not with clinton. and we saw from the secretary, she looked very much like she did when i covered her in 2008. where she was together, she has almost a file cabinet in her head. any question she would go through the file cabinet in her head and answers it. chris: this whole question about her and joe biden. because if there is going to be a field clearing as we say in politics by bill clinton and the others, it has to clear this fella here. he clearly seems to want to run. he has that strong debate performance in the fall against paul ryan. and he got that fiscal cliff agreement going lafment month. and then he took on the lead on the gun control proposal. so do both of them run
is that a preview of the election or scare out of the election or what are they up to here? >> that's absolutely a preview of the election. and everybody plays a type here. we had a rehash of 2008 where the conservatives are looking for ability to cast clinton as the villain. as somebody who is angry, a woman unhinged. and i thought -- chris: aren't you surprised the poison is not out of that? >> no, not with clinton. and we saw from the secretary, she looked very much like she did...
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thank you for coming. >> i have not seen you since election night. good to be on. chuck schumer said today the senate will have a budget that will include more taxes on the wealthy. republicans will have to deal with it. the president suggested as were, that there is still this chasm between the rich and the poor, speaking in the clearest terms that the rich have to do more than they have done. do you think your buddies in the financial community are ready for that? that could be a news alert? they feel they got their taxes hiked. >> i would be surprised if we are talking taxes. >>neil: what are we talking? autumnized deductions. >>neil: they were almost trimmed back, right? >> first, the goal would be to get four plus trillion. it would be great to get 2.5-1, spending cuts to revenues. >>neil: not 40-1. you think the ratio will be more even. >> it will be if you include the first $1.2 trillion part of the budget control act, you will see that is proposal the next that is more 1-1 so you will see around 2-1 i think. >>neil: we could argue over that. >> we argued be
thank you for coming. >> i have not seen you since election night. good to be on. chuck schumer said today the senate will have a budget that will include more taxes on the wealthy. republicans will have to deal with it. the president suggested as were, that there is still this chasm between the rich and the poor, speaking in the clearest terms that the rich have to do more than they have done. do you think your buddies in the financial community are ready for that? that could be a news...
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>> look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons. we have to understand that. >> we are going to come back to that variety of reasons thing. here is the war room. democratic strategist robert trainm. we don't have time to get all of the jobs. robert, let me start with you since you are sitting across from me. republicans say the path to citizenship has to be part of the total package. this is a poll released this past week. it shows that a majority of republican voters back this path to citizenship. is this time different now for republicans or are we starting to see some cracks once the details in the plan come to light. >> this is reality. what senator mccain said is real. let's put this in context. there are a lot of folks in this country through no fault of their own. i will also remind you the last time it was comprehensive immigration reform was in 1986. 3 million individuals were granted amnesty. that was done in a bipartisan w
>> look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons. we have to understand that. >> we are going to come back to that variety of reasons thing. here is the war room. democratic strategist robert trainm. we don't have time to get all of the jobs. robert, let me start with you since you are sitting across from me. republicans say the path to citizenship has to be part of the total package. this is a poll...
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after obama was elected. i completely shut off my racial switch. people tell me i'm white and i believe them because i love james taylor. >> right. >> stephen: as a black guy -- >> right. >> stephen: are you folks -- can i say black folks. >> yes better than you folks. >> stephen: it's like a line insert black. >> i can go with that. >> stephen: are you still excited about this first black president thing or have you got on over that? >> as a black folk. i don't want to speak for 30 million or 40 million or whatever the number is now. >> stephen: good. >> i think we're pretty excited. >> stephen: still? >> yeah, yeah. [cheers and applause] in fact, i would go so far to say that this is bigger than the last time. >> stephen: why? >> well, because that was kind of -- no one saw it coming. cinderella tale winning the championship and this is defending the championship and we defended the champion shism black folks are excited about that. >> stephen: african-american children can now look up to barack. as a role mold. >> right. >> stephen: what about w
after obama was elected. i completely shut off my racial switch. people tell me i'm white and i believe them because i love james taylor. >> right. >> stephen: as a black guy -- >> right. >> stephen: are you folks -- can i say black folks. >> yes better than you folks. >> stephen: it's like a line insert black. >> i can go with that. >> stephen: are you still excited about this first black president thing or have you got on over that? >> as...
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if you look back at the election, president obama began running as soon as he was elected in 2008. and mitt romney's campaign was six months long. from getting into communities and organizing and listening to voters and hearing their concerns, the obama campaign had more time and allowed them to do a better job. so, going forward that is something that we need to do and make sure that we are living in communities and talking about the republican party and the brand. not just in the two months before an election but all of the time. >> tim, here is the thing, that is strategy talk and we have heard talk about messaging as well. but what about the messengers. what about the actually people who are going to be putting out the beliefs of the republican party? has there been talk about changing those? >> the republicans have a deep bench, look at marco ruio, bobby jindal. we have a lot of young leaders that have been successful on the state level and we need to look to the states and learn from them. we have 30 republican governors if we won the electoral vote in all 30 states we would
if you look back at the election, president obama began running as soon as he was elected in 2008. and mitt romney's campaign was six months long. from getting into communities and organizing and listening to voters and hearing their concerns, the obama campaign had more time and allowed them to do a better job. so, going forward that is something that we need to do and make sure that we are living in communities and talking about the republican party and the brand. not just in the two months...
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>> first interview since the election. we'll have a lot to talk about in terms of the future of the party. >> thank you very much. >> and now to discuss the future of the republican party, haley barbour, former chair of the republican governors association joins us now from capitol hill. thank you very much. good to see you. let's talk about bobby jindahl's instructions to the republicans at the winter meeting. we can't be the stupid party. do you think that your fellow republicans have figured out a way forward where they won't be the quoting bobby jindahl "the stupid party?" >> i think he is talking about during the campaign we had a couple of candidates for senator who made stupid remarks that not only hurt them in their own races, but spilled over and hurt other republican candidates, made republican candidates have to repudiate that sort of stuff. interestingly, andrea, as you know, one of those republican candidates for senator, todd akin in missouri was the beneficiary of more than $1 million of campaign spending on
>> first interview since the election. we'll have a lot to talk about in terms of the future of the party. >> thank you very much. >> and now to discuss the future of the republican party, haley barbour, former chair of the republican governors association joins us now from capitol hill. thank you very much. good to see you. let's talk about bobby jindahl's instructions to the republicans at the winter meeting. we can't be the stupid party. do you think that your fellow...